Small engines and boilers; a manual of concise and specific directions for the construction of small steam engines and boilers of modern types ... for amateurs and others interested in such work (1899)
Watson, Egbert P. (Egbert Pomeroy) · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 52
size hole. The thread shouldbe not less than 20, and need not be over 1 inchlong with just enough taper to start it in square.The piston (see page 47), is screwed on the rodand the end of the latter riveted over, a hexa-gon on the top of the piston being to screw therod into the cross-head. The… … Fig. 9. 36 SMALL ENGINES AND BOILERS. small pistons, but they should fit the cylindertightly; the leakage amounts to little or nothing.The piston-rod, and everything else to be turned,must have drilled centres in it, and be cut to theproper length so that the centres will remain, andthe piston…
Steam-engines
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